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... clear when He shall judge . And we may well say , What a marvellous condition of our future judgment this is ! How improbable ! most would think ; nay , some might even pronounce it impossible . That we should ever stand and look back ...
... clear when He shall judge . And we may well say , What a marvellous condition of our future judgment this is ! How improbable ! most would think ; nay , some might even pronounce it impossible . That we should ever stand and look back ...
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... I could not recognize in myself the justice of the Judge , nor could I glorify Him , as I humbly believe I shall do , for His mercy . We have , in this present state , no clear views of justice at all . IN ADVENT . 29.
... I could not recognize in myself the justice of the Judge , nor could I glorify Him , as I humbly believe I shall do , for His mercy . We have , in this present state , no clear views of justice at all . IN ADVENT . 29.
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Henry Alford. state , no clear views of justice at all . The rights and wrongs of men are measured by a standard altogether inadequate to their ap- portionment . And if this is so in the case of other men abstractedly , much more is it ...
Henry Alford. state , no clear views of justice at all . The rights and wrongs of men are measured by a standard altogether inadequate to their ap- portionment . And if this is so in the case of other men abstractedly , much more is it ...
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... Clearly it was ours ; not gone from us , though eluding the grasp of conscious recollection . Who has not heard of the first language of those who have left a foreign land of their birth in infancy , long and entirely forgotten , return ...
... Clearly it was ours ; not gone from us , though eluding the grasp of conscious recollection . Who has not heard of the first language of those who have left a foreign land of their birth in infancy , long and entirely forgotten , return ...
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... that we let the trivial thoughts , words , and deeds of the day thus slip away from us beyond recall . Still it is clear that , if they are all to be recalled some day , they ought by some means to be so cared for , that 40 IN ADVENT .
... that we let the trivial thoughts , words , and deeds of the day thus slip away from us beyond recall . Still it is clear that , if they are all to be recalled some day , they ought by some means to be so cared for , that 40 IN ADVENT .
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Page 235 - Ephesians, that they should be not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
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